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>>screen legend
elizabeth taylor
was laid to rest on thursday. at her request she arrived a fashionable
15 minutes
late.
mark potter
has the details. good morning to you.

>> reporter: good morning, matt. the funeral in glendale was planned as a
low key
private family event and that's what it became. but it still drew lots of attention. outside the famed
forest lawn cemetery
an army of cameras and reporters from around the world reported the somber arrival of five black limousines carrying
elizabeth taylor
's family. only about three dozen relatives attended the funeral. from the air they could be seen driving up to a
big white
tent as to officials watched the arrivals. taylor left instructions that the service begin at least
15 minutes
later than scheduled because, quote, she even wanted to be late for her own funeral.

>>i'm amazed at how funny she is and had a great sense of humor. to me it's not surprising that she would go out with an understated flair.

>> reporter: the service included
poetry readings
from
colin farrell
, two of her children and a grandson. another grandson played
amazing grace
on the trumpet. glendale police said she'll be interred in the great mausoleum where
michael jackson
also rests.

>>she's not next to
michael jackson
but near, in the same mausoleum, yes.

>> reporter: under
jewish tradition
burial occurs after death.
elizabeth taylor
became jewish when she was 27 before her marriage to
eddie fisher
, her fourth of seven husbands. her final resting place,
forest lawn
, is where many
hollywood stars
are also buried including
clark gable
,
jean harlow
,
w.c. fields
and
walt disney
. at the end of the service there was no procession and family members departed as quietly as they arrived, silent in their private grief. as for a public
memorial service
a publicist said it could be several weeks before the details are confirmed. matt?

Tiny Taylor

First role

Taylor's first big-screen role was in the 1942 film, "There's One Born Every Minute," in which she co-starred with Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Catherine Doucet.
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Pure velvet

Taylor gained prominence playing Velvet Brown in 1944's "National Velvet," the story of a girl who nurtures a special horse and races him in England's Grand National Steeplechase.
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Doggone good

In 1946, Taylor starred opposite Lassie in the dog's third (and Taylor's sixth) film, "Courage of Lassie." In this film, the legendary dog outsmarts the Nazis during World War II.
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Greeting fans

Growing up

Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor embrace on the set of 1949's "Conspirator," as the crew looks on. This was Taylor's first adult role.
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Marriage No. 1

Finding a 'Place'

Taylor and close friend Montgomery Clift co-starred in George Stevens' 1951 film, "A Place in the Sun." She played a spoiled socialite who attracts the attention of Clift, who then murders his working-class pregnant girlfriend (Shelley Winters). Clift and Winters were nominated for Oscars, but Taylor was snubbed.
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Marriage No. 2

Taylor married her second husband, Michael Wilding, on Feb. 21, 1952. The two were divorced on Jan. 26, 1957.
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Tragic turn

Here, kitty, kitty

Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor starred together in Richard Brooks' 1958 film, based on the Tennessee Williams play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." She received her second Oscar nomination (the first was for 1957's "Raintree County") for her role as Maggie the Cat.
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Marriage No. 4

Taylor married actor Eddie Fisher on May 12, 1959. It was a major 1950s Hollywood scandal when he left actress Debbie Reynolds (and his children Carrie and Todd Fisher) to be with Taylor. The two divorced on March 6, 1964.
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Passion play

Richard Burton played Antony to Taylor's Cleopatra in the 1963 film of the same name. Taylor received $1 million for her role, and the two stars had a well-publicized affair during the filming. The couple would marry, for the first time, on March 15, 1964.
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Golden girl

Taylor holds the Oscar she won for her role in 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in which she starred opposite husband Richard Burton. It was her second Oscar; she won her first for her role in 1960's "Butterfield 8."
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Twice as nice

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton hold their granddaughter, Leyla, on Jan. 15, 1973, in Gstaad, Switzerland. The couple divorced on June 26, 1974, but then remarried on Oct. 10, 1975. They divorced for a second time on July 29, 1976.
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Marriage No. 7

Taylor married American politician John Warner on Dec. 4, 1976. The couple divorced in 1982, while he was serving as a Republican senator from Virginia. He previously served as Secretary of the Navy.
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AIDS activist

Elizabeth Taylor appears before the Labor, Health and Human Services Senate Subcommittee on May 8, 1986, in Washington, D.C. Taylor appeared as chair of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and appealed for more research funds. The actress helped create amfAR after the 1985 AIDS-related death of her friend, actor Rock Hudson. She also created the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.
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Two child stars

Taylor and singer Michael Jackson hold one of two awards he won on Jan. 25, 1993, at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. She was a vocal Jackson supporter during his 2005 trial on charges of sexually abusing a child.
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Honored

President George W. Bush shakes hands with Taylor, a Kennedy Center honoree, on Dec. 8, 2002, at The White House. Left to right, the other honorees are actor James Earl Jones, music conductor James Levine, dancer-actress Chita Rivera, singer-songwriter Paul Simon and Taylor.
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The legend

Taylor on the catwalk at the 27th Annual Macy's Passport party in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2009. Despite suffering from a cold, the 77-year-old Hollywood legend managed to make an appearance grand enough to warrant a standing ovation. Taylor told the crowd, "As my beloved friend Michael [Jackson] said, 'We are the world.' And it is up to us to take care of those who are sick and dying, in this country and particularly in Africa."
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Legacy

The American Film Institute named Taylor No. 7 among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. On the list, she came right after Marilyn Monroe and just before Judy Garland. She died on March 23, 2011, in Los Angeles with her children at her side. She was 79 years old.
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